The writer's diet
By: Helen Sword
Publisher: Pearson Education New Zealand
Published: 2007
Place of publication: North Shore, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
ISBN-13: 9781877371653
Subjects: English language; Rhetoric; Written English; Style; Problems, exercises
Description: Is your writing flabby or fit? The Writer's Diet will help you energise your writing, boost your verbal fitness levels and strip unnecessary padding from your prose. In contrast to most other writing and editing guides, The Writer&#x2019;s Diet offers no &#x2018;big picture&#x2019; advice on argument or audience, no instruction on composition or paragraph structure, no primer on grammar and punctuation. Instead, this book zeroes in on five common problems that frequently plague unfit sentences - weakness and excess in verbs, nouns, prepositions, adjectives/adverbs, and &#x2018;waste words&#x2019;. Writers at every level, from students to professionals, will benefit from The Writer&#x2019;s Diet workout and enjoy the experience. Before long, you will find yourself producing stylish, energetic prose every time you put pen to paper.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 90-95) and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : The writer's diet; title: Introduction : The wasteline test; title: Verbal verve; title: Noun density; title: Prepositional podge; title: Ad-dictions; title: Waste words; title: Afterword : Healthy writing; title: Appendix : Suggestions for further reading ; Frequently asked questions about the writer's diet ; Wasteline test (condensed) ; Wasteline test (extended).